The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs and respiratory system. Areas of expertise include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis, environmental and occupational lung disease, lung cancer, sleep medicine, and the treatment of critically ill adult patients. The Division's research labs, located at both the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Omaha VA Medical Center, are focused on research in airway inflammation injury and repair. The Division also has a very active Clinical Studies Unit involved in clinical trials for asthma, COPD, smoking cessation, and cystic fibrosis.
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Division Chief: |
Joe Sisson, MD |
985990 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5990
Amol Patil, M.D.
Dr. Amol Patil joined the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine in August 2011. He is a clinical educator with an uncommon expertise in Neurocritical Care Medicine. This has allowed him to bridge the gap between Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine and Neurocritical Care and reach out to trainees from vastly different disciplines.
He is currently Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship. Medical Director for Neuro ICU & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit at Nebraska Medicine.
Dr. Patil was the first practicing (and board certified) Neurointensivist in the state of Nebraska and along with his colleague, Dr. Darol Gress, manages the only Neurocritical care unit in the state of Nebraska. When not on service in the NeuroICU, Dr. Patil does advanced pulmonary procedures such as Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), Pleurx Placement, Perc Tracheostomies, etc.
In 2017, Dr. Patil was instrumental in UNMC/Nebraska Medicine achieving the comprehensive stroke center certification from the Joint Commission and the American Heart and Stroke Association.